Combined ironing machine and utility table



Jan. 27, 1931. A. J. ROTHMAN 1,789,987

COMBINED IRONING MACHINE AND UTILITY TABLE Filed March 28, 192s s sheets-sheet 2 Jan. 27, 1931. A. J. ROTHMAN 1,789,987

COMBINED IRONING MACHINE AND UTILITY TABLE V Filed Marh 2B. 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INI/ENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented 2 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATE N11 OFFICE Annan: noon nommant, or Naw Your, in Y. COMBINED IBONI'NG MACHINE AND TABLE Application med Iaroh 28, 1988.. Serial lo. 885,828'.

is cheap 'to manufacture, eicient in opera- T tion, easily kept clean and highly utilitarian in use for its intended purpose.

nAnother object of my invention is to prc-v videan ironing machine that is adapted not only to ironvarious garments 'but also to lpress arments as well.

kitchen ,work as a juice extractor,

urther object of my invention is 'to provide such an ironing machine to which may be attached and from' which may be independently operated, such accessories to per, coffee grinder, beaters and whips.

A still further object of my invention is to provide such an 'ironin machine to which,

may be attached a lexi le shaft adapted to be operably clamped in various positions'to sists of the arrangement of the combination hold brushes, etc., for cleaning purposes. On'e valuable feature of my invention conwherein when it is desired to utilize the afore- 39 said attachments, only one corner or portion of the table need to be opened up to use 'the same. y, j A

Anothervaluable feature of my invention conslsts in the peculiar construction of the 7 table which when cpcned u i for ironing provides a shelf or fee er boar to hold the work without interfering with the operation of the machine.

Still another valuable feature of my inven. tion consists in the"'fmeans provided for dis'- assemblin the major portion of the device to facilitate 1n the cleaning of the same.

A further valuable feature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the operative mechanism `which permitsthe movement of the presser vshoe only when the device is used as a presser for garments.

With these and other objects in view, my

inventonconsists of the novel construction,

arrangement and formation of parts, the parfood chop-A.

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line 11-11of Figure 8. A

Figure 12 is 'apartial' plan .of the device4 vis `parts will begiven the same reference numerals in the various figures:

Figure 1 1s 'an isometric view of the device( in a closed f'positiamwherein it may be utilized as a' kitqhen table.

Figure 2 is an isometric view of the device of`operatin the s lme, y as 1 luspartly pened up sorthat attachments such.

as shown in Figures 14 tri-22 inclusive could b e used. y

Figure 3 is an isometric view of the device opened up ready for use as an iron'er, presser or utility device.

Figure 4'is an isometric view of the device with the roller, shelf and cover removed.

Figure 5A is an isometric view of the cover.

Figure 6 is an isometric view of the roller.

. Figure Z is an isometric view of the feeder boar,

Fi re 8 is apartial' elevation and longitusection of the device taken on=lines 8-8 gllle 91 -Figure 9 is a plan partly in section of the device of Figure 11. 4

Figure 10 is a cross section of Figure -9, taken o n lines 10-10 of Fi re 9.

Figure 111is a section of igure 8, taken on illustrating the mechanism wherein the .shoe

against the roll andthe roll is revolving. A Figure 13 is a partial planof the device has tor a apted to be attached to the device.

Figure 15 is a cross section of a coffee mill adapted to be attached to the device. t

Figure 16 is a longitudinal section of a food chopper adapted to be attached to the device." Figure 17 is an elevation of a beater.

Figure 1'8 .s an elevation of -a. whip.

tube.

' illustrating the mechanism, after the treadle beenoperated. and when the shoe is Figure 19 is an elevation .of van adjustable L Figure 20 is an elevation, partly in section, of the iiexible shaft. y

Figure 21 is a section of the clutch fitt' eg into one end of the exible shaft and adapt to hold brushes etc., supplied with handles as shown in Figure 22.

Figure 22 is'a plan of awhandle, to which brushes, etc. ma e fixed and adapted to be held by the chuc shown in Figure 21.

Fig. 23 is an enlarged detail view of the notched clutch jaw.

The device includes a table having the front legs 2 and 3, the rear legs 4 and5,andthetop 6. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the rear legs 4 and 5 extend u on the table to and sup ort the fixed backoard 7 and the xed sideoard 8. The two rear legs 4 and 5 are provided on their sides with the vertical grooves 9 and 10 in which the pins 12 and 13 and the cover 14 (Fig. 5) slide. By means of this arrangement the cover may be moved to either of two po sitions, that is closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and open position as shown in 'he righthand forward corner of the cover is cut away as at 15 with one .edge provided with the rgroove 16 which fits into a similar Y. groove on the top edge of the piece 17. This piece 17 is connected by hinges 18 to another piece 19 which in turn is connected by hin es 20 to the table top. These parts are he d, when in open position, as shown in Fig. 3 at the folding support 21, so that the art 19 is substantially in the plane of the tab e top and the part 17 hangs downwardly as shown. When the cover is closed as shown in Fig. 1, paralts 18 and 19 close the openinin the cover. en these parts are open, as s own in Fig. 2 certain parts of the mechanism will be exposed, as will be described in detail later.

The table also carries a treadle 22, comprised of a foot bar 23, two arms 24 and' 25, supported by the rod 26, and two end pieces 26a' and 266 secured to the legs which serve to hold the rod 26.

Upon this table is rigidl held a casing 27, b means of the feet 28, w 'ch casing is provided with a bo 29, u on which is shrunk a tube 30, which may be urther secured with a pn or as shown in Figure 8, by the screws 31..v The tube 30 extends a distance from the casing 27 and is' closed at its outer end by the central-bore disc 32 held in place by means of the screws 33. An oilless bushing 34 is fixed in this disc and similarly inthe boss 29 is fixed -an oilless bearing bushing 35. These bear-A ings carry a shaft 36 with the spur gear 37 on the endthereof,'and lying within casing 27. The other end of shaft 36 is squaredas at 38 and has a reducedl threaded portion 39 to receive the lmurled nut 40. The squared end of shaft 36 supports the roller unit 41 by -engagement with the spider 42 -which is provided with a shoulder 43 similar to the shoulder 44 on splder 45 to make a complete unit.

The spider 45 is provided with the oilless bearing bushing 46.

The spiders 42 and 45, hold between them a tube 47, by means of the bolts 48, 49 and 50 (Fig. 11) each provided with a threaded part 51, engaging w1th the spider 45 and the other end passing through the spider 42 is provided with a nut 52.

These rods and their nuts firmly hold the` l tube 47 between the spiders 42 and 45, and upon this tube is mounted layers of cloth 53, in any suitable manner to act as cushions in ironing and pressing.

It is obvious that the spider 45, of the roll unit 41, may be revolved freely upon the tube 30, by the squared shaft 36, engaging with the spider 42, and that by removing the hand nut 40, the whole unit may be removed from the device for cleaning and repairing. p

The table 6, also supports an electrically` heated shoe unit 54, by meansof a bracket 55, freely mounted on the shaft 56, carried inthe bearings 57 and 58, which are bolted to the table 6, by the bolts 59. The table is provided with a hole 60, to allow for the passage of said arm and also to provide a stop 61, when the shoe unit 54 is released to the position 62,'clearly shown by the dotted lines in Figure 11.

Integral with the bracket 55 is a tubular shaed boss 63, carrying a spring 64, which hol s the bolt 65, with its hook end 66, and sliding washer 67, under an adjustable spring pressure by means of the nut 68.

This hook 66, engages with a hook 69, pivoted at 70 in the arm 71, provided with a stop 72. The hook 69 is extended to carry a rod 73 that is pivoted at'7 4, and also pivotally connected at 75, to a handle 76, with the knob 77, said handle being freely supported on the shaft 56, in the casting 78.

It is obvious that the hook 69, in the lever 71 which is iixed to the shaft 56, by the pin 71a, may engage with the hook 66, connected to the bracket 55, by an adjustable spring pressure means so that when the arm 71, is moved, it will move the bracket 55 and shoe unit 54, until the shoe unit comes in contact with the roll 41, and upon a continuation of this movement will place the shoe under a predetermined spring pressure upon the roll;

Whenever it is desired to carry the shoe element further back than the normal movement of the bracket 55as shown by the dotted lines 79, in Figure 11, thearm 71, may be released by disengaging the hooks 66 and 69, which will allow the shoe unit to dropback into the position shown by the dottedlines 62, in Figure 11 by lifting the handle 76.

The other end of the shaft 56 has a lever 80, pinned thereto by the pin 81, which passes through a hole in the table 6l and which is provided at its extreme end with a fork 82, which engages with a pin 83, in the crank. 84.

The casing 27 is divided into two parts 85 oil 87, having a cover 88a, held thereon by the screws 89, and a drain cock 90, in the bottom;4

The upper part 86 of thecasing carries Y the mechanism for operating the device which is driven by the motor 91, having a pulley 92, driving a pulley 93, by the belt 94, said pulley 93, being fixed to the main shaft 95, supported in the bosses A96 and 97, in the said casing. This shaft carries a worm 98, and a gear 99, held in spaced relation to each other by the sleeves 100 and 101. l

The r 99, meshes with a gear 102, supported in a boss 103 (Fig. 14) in thel said casing, enlarged at 104, to holdthe unit end 105, of various attachments, such as illus- .trated in Figures 14, 1'5, 16 and 20. To hold this device positioned, a pin 106, forked` at 107, is connected to a lever 108, by the pin 109. This lever is pivoted inthe 100 1 0 an 38 /Q'nthe at the pivot 111 (Fig. 9).

The -worm 98, meshes with a worm wheel 112, which has two clutch 'aws-113`and 114, and is freely and lrotatab held upon the shaft 115, by the shouldere screw 116.

AThe shaft 1.15 has the collar 117 pinned thereto by the in 118a and -the crank 84 pinned thereto y the in 118, and carries freely upon it to the le of the worm' gear 112, a ar 119, rovided with a clutch jaw a fork s ifter oove 121..

other side o f t e worm gear 112 is a clutch jaw 122, with a shifter groove 123, andthe ke 124, in shaft 115, shown in Figure 12, sli ably engages with a groove in the clutch jaw 122, this clutch jaw having a small j notch 125, and a large notch 126, engageable with the boss 127, see Fig. 23. i

When the clutches are in the neutral position as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the boss 127', is

in the small notch 125 and the shaft 115 will not move. The shoe'is away from the roll, the shaft 95, will operate the'shaft 128, car,-

rying theA gear 102 .and drive the shaft 128,

' which is provided with a iattened end 129 (Fig. 14) to fit the slot130, of the attachments, see Figure 14.

When the treadle 22, is pressed down, the

i rod 131, carrying the cup 132, into which fits the sliding piece 133, fast to lthe rod 134,1said 5,5 cup 132, having a cap 135, screwed thereon,

The rod 134, passing throug'hthe' boss 137 in the casing 27, is connected by the pivot 138,

to the bell'crank 139, mounted on the shaft 140, the end 141, of the said bell 'crank en-` gaging with a roller 142, rotatably held to the shifter fork 143 which is slidably mounted on rod 143". This Shifter fork is normallyP held against the said bell crank by the spring 144, held thereto by the screw 145.

y To provide a means for utilizing the machine as a presser, as shown in Figures 9 and 11, so that the roll cannot be operated by means of the treadle, the cam 147 ,mounted inthe boss 148, which is part of the boss 137, fixed to a shaft 149, passing through the case and connected to a lever 150, is provided so that by moving the lever down, as shown in Figures 9 and 11 where the shoe is against the roll, the cam will prevent the large notch of the clutch from entering all the way andby moving the lever up the clutch may operate to the full depth of the large notch which will operate the roll.

The gear 119, meshes with the idler 151, on shaft 152,' which gear meshes with the g/ear 37, on the shaft 36, so that when ythe mechanism is in the position shown in Figure 12, the shoe will be pressing against the roll and the roll revolvin l It is obvious t at `whenever the treadle is pushed down,'the mechanism will move in v' Ihe coffee grinder attachment is comprised of a casing 156, with a cover 157, held thereon by the screws 158, said casing having a boss 159, carrying a shaft 160, with a slot 130, and' groove 161, adapted to rotatably position the shaft by means of the shouldered screw 162. Shaft 160 is reduced in diameterat 163, threaded at 170, and, carries a vkey 164, which engages with a disc 165, said disc being adjustable in and out by means of the ad] usting nut 166, and lock nut 169.

This disc 165 is connected to the adjusting -nut by means of a split plate 167, whichis held to the disc by the screws 168, and the screws set up through the holes 174.

The casing 156, has a corrugated inclined l surface 172, and the disc a corrugated surface 171 between which thecoiiee grounds are reduced to powder, leaving the mill through theopening 175.

- The food chopper is comprised of a casing 176, tapered at 177, with a cap 178, Screwed to the casing at 179, and holdin a plate 180, with perforations 181,'and a aring hole 182, carrying a tapered food feeding worm 183 at one end. -The other end 189 of the worm is in the bearing 184, which has a bayonet attaching means 185, and a boss 186. 'jv-cvided with a hole 155, said hole provided to engage with the pin- 106 inthe boss 103. The pin 106 is forked a`t 107 which fork holds the lever 108 by mea-ns of the pin 109 in the boss 110 and the lever is pivoted at 111 in the boss 110 and this lever may be held by a spring, not shown, if desired in the position shown in Figure 14. The juice extractor shown in Figure 14 is comprised of a casing 105 with a boss 105a and a hole 105?) and within this boss 105a is a cone shaped extractor element 105C which has a shaft extension 105d with a groove 105e into which fits the retaining screw 105;, The accessories, shown in Figures 14, 15, 16 and 2O all have a hole 155 which is engageable by the pin 106 to hold accessories within the boss `103 and the slots 130,shown in Figures 14,

15, 16 and 20 are all alike and adapted to engage with flattened end 129 in shaft 128.

The tapered feeding worm 183, is provided with gradually reducing screw flanges 187, an extension 188, fitting into the hole 182, and

-a shaft 189, slotted at 130.

iexible shaft `196.

The whip shown in Figure 18, is comprised of a plate 197, into which the wires 198, are held, said plate terminating in a boss 199, with a bayonet connection 200, which also is adapted to lit into and be held by the flexible shaft 196.

The flexible shaft 196 is connected at one end` to the other stub shaft 203 by means of a pin 202. The outer end of this stub shaft is slot ed as at 130. Stub shaft203 carries a sleeve 204 having the hole 155 to be engaged with the pin 106 (Fig. 14). The stub shaft 203 is revolvably held in the sleeve by means of the groove 207 and the screw stud 206.

On the other end shaft 196 is pinned to the shaft part 20811 by the pin 209, said ,part being provided with a cup 210, having a pin 211, engageable with the bayonet connection 212 of the chuck 213, see Figure 21, said chuck comprised of a cup shaped part 214, with aspring 215, carrying a pin 216, and held to the cup piece by the rivet 217. The shaftpart 218-, lits within the cup 210, and the pin l216 and cup 214, engages with a hole 219 in the-handle 220, that may hold brushes, etc., not shown, by means of wires 221.

The end sleeve 212, of the flexible shaft 196, is held in various positions by means of the adjustable clamping devicev 222, shown in Figure 19.

The clamp 222, is comprised of a U shaped base 223, having a boss 224, holding a set screw 225, and a boss 226, holding a tube 227 with holes 228 into which tube slidably fits the bent arm'229, the end of which holds by means of the pin 230, an extension 231, with a U shaped clip 232, loosely held by the rivet 233, and clamped by the bolt and nut 234.

It is obvious that the arm 229, may be raised to various heights and held positioned by means'of a pin in the hole 228, and that the part 231, may be turned in various positions and held by means of the pin 230 in the holes 230a.

The shoe 54 is comprised of a casting 233, with a sheet metal cover 234, and a, pocket 235, containing an electric heating element 236, which heating element is clamped to the part 233, by the pressure plate 237 ,and screws 238, said pressure plate having a boss-239, which carries the arm 55, by means of the bolts 240. The wires 241 andv 242 to this heating element may be carried to any suit- -motor individually controlled but they can of course be individually connected and con- .trolled. to fit into and be held by one end 195, of the In the front part of the device, a shelf 243,

' is provided, pivoted at 244, and having a positioning pin 245, which shelf is supported by means of ,the part 246, and screwsv247.

It is obvious that this shelf maybe swung into different positions one of which is indicated by the dotted lines 248 or it may be removed as indicated by Figure 4. e

Having thus described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the exact constuction or arrangement of parts, since it is evident that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or scope of the claims. I

1. In arcor'nbined utility device of the type described the combination comprising a supporting member, a box-like cover, for said member movable to open or closed position, said cover in closed position providing a table top, an ironing machine on said supporting member, power means connectable thereto for driving said ironing machine, said ironing machine and power means lying entirely within said cover when closed, means connected to said power means and having means to'be coupled to utility devices to be operated and means forming part of said cover movable independently of the rest of the cover member to open position to expose for use said means connected to said power means.

2. In a combined utility device of the type no l described the combination compriein a 'su'lpdev1`ce portin structure, a power operate on sal structure, a motor on sald structure,

a clutch for connecting the power operated device to the motor, means for operatm said clutch, a cover for said lower operated evice closed position, andv movable into -open an coupling means driven by sald 'motor to which utility appliances may be coupled and mounted Vso as to be within said cover when closed, a part of said cover being movable to ex ose said coupling means.

ignedat New ork, in-the county and4 State of New York, this 20 day of March, ,1928.-

A ABRAHAM JACOB ROTHMAN. 

